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Database Fields for Bundle Descriptor Record

The following table describes the database fields for the bundle descriptor record:

Field Name

Description

Length

Type

BA

Bundle address line for bundle distribution (BDIST)

72

C

BAn

Bundle address line n for bundle distribution (BDIST)

72

C

BBANNER1

Bundle banner page name

8

C

BBANNER2

Bundle distribution banner page name

8

C

BBANNER3

Bundle report banner page name

8

C

BCLASS

Bundle class for bundle distribution (BDIST)

1

C

BCONFIRM

Bundle confirmation indicator:

1

C

 

Y

That the bundle requires confirmation to print

 

 

 

N

That the bundle does not require confirmation to print

 

 

 

Blank

That initialization parameter BNDLCONF is used

 

 

BDATE

Date the bundle was last updated online

4

D

BDESC

Description for bundle identifier

40

C

BDEST

Bundle destination for bundle distribution (BDIST)

17

C

BDIST

Bundle distribution identifier

32

C

BID

Bundle identifier

32

C

BINST

Special instruction line for bundle

75

C

BINSTLEN

Length of bundle instruction line
(BINST field)

1

B

BINSTLENn

Length of bundle instruction line
(BINSTn field)

1

B

BINSTn

Special instruction line n for bundle

75

C

BINTERVAL

Bundle interval time

5

C

BINVL

Same as BINTERVAL

5

C

BJCD

Bundle job card

72

C

BJCDn

Bundle job card

where n can be a number from 1–4.

72

C

BLATE

Late time for the bundle

5

C

BTIME

Time when bundle was last updated online

4

P

BUSER

User identifier to make last update to bundle

8

C

BWAIT

Bundling wait for interval indicator:

1

C

 

Y

Wait for interval to bundle

 

 

 

N

Do not wait for interval to bundle

 

 

 

Blank

Use default value

 

 

BWAITL

Bundling wait for late time indicator:

1

C

 

Y

The bundle does not print until the late time has expired

 

 

 

N

The bundle need not wait for the late time to expire if all reports it needs are available for bundling

 

 

 

Blank

Use default value

 

 

DID

Distribution identifier

32

C

DISTID

Same as DID

32

C

NBA

Number of bundle address lines

2

B

NBINST

Number of bundle instruction lines

2

B

NDISTID

Number of distribution identifiers for the report or bundle

2

B

NRID

Number of report identifiers for the job or bundle

2

B

RID

Report identifier

32

C